Bilinguals Cognition, Education and Language Processing |
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Editor:
| Caldwell, Earl F. |
Series title: | Languages and Linguistics Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-60741-710-1 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2010 |
Publisher: | Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated
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Imprint: | Nova Biomedical Books |
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $179.95 |
Book Description:
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A bilingual person, in a broad definition, is one who can communicate in more than one language, be it actively (through speaking, writing, and/or signing) or passively (through listening, reading, and/or perceiving). More specifically, the terms bilingual and trilingual are used to describe comparable situations in which two or three languages are involved. A generic term for multilingual persons is polyglot. Multilingual speakers have acquired and maintained at least one language...
More DescriptionA bilingual person, in a broad definition, is one who can communicate in more than one language, be it actively (through speaking, writing, and/or signing) or passively (through listening, reading, and/or perceiving). More specifically, the terms bilingual and trilingual are used to describe comparable situations in which two or three languages are involved. A generic term for multilingual persons is polyglot. Multilingual speakers have acquired and maintained at least one language during childhood, the so-called first language. The first language (sometimes also referred to as the mother tongue). This new book gathers the latest research from around the globe in this field.